Coronavirus

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus has surpassed 33.2 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 1,000,820, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday, the total number of cases stood at 33,273,720 and the fatalities rose to 1,000,825, the University's...

Geneva: A test that can diagnose COVID-19 in minutes will dramatically expand the capacity to detect cases in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The $5 test could transform tracking of COVID-19 in less wealthy countries, which have shortages of...

Mumbai: The COVID-19 tally in this city crossed the two lakh-mark Monday and reached 2,00,775 with a single-day addition of 2,055 new cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. Forty more people succumbed to the COVID-19 infection taking the death toll to 8,831, the municipal...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported a total of 4,014 COVID-19 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the Health and Family Welfare Department, government of Odisha said on its Twitter handle Monday. All those who have recovered have been discharged from their respective treatment facilities spread across the...

Kolkata: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said Monday the board will do all it can to ensure that India’s home series against England remains in India. Sourav Ganguly is also hoping that the domestic tournaments start despite the ‘fluid’ COVID-19 situation in India. England are scheduled...

New Delhi: Amid India’s fight against Covid-19, scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have discovered another virus called ‘Cat Que Virus’ (CQV) which has the potential to cause disease in the country. Falling under the category of Arthropod-borne viruses and found in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Rajanikant Singh tested positive for COVID-19 Monday. The news of his diagnosis surfaced just a day before the commencement of the Monsoon Session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Singh, who is Angul MLA, was admitted to SUM COVID-19 hospital...

New Delhi: A groundbreaking interim report on a clinical trial being conducted in three hospitals has shown that COVID-19 patients on natural treatment are resolving most symptoms earlier than those on conventional medicines. The interim report on combination treatment of an Ayurvedic remedy called 'Immunofree'...

Mayurbhanj:  Close on the heels of the Jharsuguda Chamber of Commerce (JCC) which announced a voluntary week-long shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, Karanjia Businessmen Association has announced a three-day shutdown in the town in Mayurbhanj. Starting from September 28, the shutdown will continue...

New Delhi: Clinically approved drug ‘Teicoplanin’ is a potential therapeutic option against COVID-19 and can be ten times more effective than several drugs being currently used, a research by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has found. The research by the institute's Kusuma School of...